Sticker shock? HTC announced that it’s opening pre-orders for the first Consumer Edition of its forthcoming Vive headset on February 29—a week from today—starting at precisely 10:00 AM Eastern. Full commercial availability will follow in early April, which is when the initial batch of pre-orders will ship, though it remains to be seen if the…
This week, PlayStation games span millennia. Massive open-world adventures, time-hopping puzzlers, and stealthy assassinations gather together to form a staggering lineup on PS4. Far Cry Primal leads the pack with the next chapter in Ubisoft’s renowned, emergent open-world. Travel back to the Stone Age as the last surviving member of an ill-fated hunting group. Craft…
Top Deal: Life if full of waiting, isn’t it? You go the DMV to renew your license and have to wait (a really long time). At Disneyland, you stand in line and wait (also a really long time). Same for the grocery store and numerous other places. And to add insult to injury, that aging…
K.O.’d by server issues Street Fighter V didn’t have the smoothest launch in the world. One of the problems is that users reported a myriad of issues with Capcom’s servers—painfully slow matchmaking, outright outages, and disconnects were some of the complaints. Capcom was quick to roll out several fixes, but for many, the problems persisted….
Ships next week If you’re in need of a high-end router, Linksys hopes you’ll consider its new EA7500 Maxtream model, one of several it debuted at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas earlier this year. The EA7500 is a dual-band AC1900 router with MU-MIMO support. There’s a bit to digest there, starting with the…
Dallas Mavericks owner dishes an assist to Apple Apple finds itself at the center of a controversy, one that pits the rights of U.S. citizens to privacy versus the government’s power to access data on the grounds of national security. For what it’s work, Dallas Mavericks owner and billionaire star of Shark Tank, Mark Cuban,…
Are you ready to play god? Smite is coming to PS4! The game officially enters Closed Alpha testing on PS4 today, and will begin Closed Beta in early March. Players can opt in now for a chance to receive a free Closed Beta invite in the near future. Billed as the Battleground of the Gods,…
Next week, players will face the harsh and unforgiving wilderness of the Stone Age in Far Cry Primal on PS4. This gorgeous, open-world adventure follows a desperate hunter in his quest to find his lost people — and keep the hungry wilds at bay. To celebrate the upcoming launch of Far Cry Primal, we reached…
On Thursday, McAfee security firm founder John McAfee wrote an op-ed article about the security issues surrounding Apple, the FBI, and the controversial iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters in December. Essentially, he wants to offer his services to the government, free of charge, in exchange for Apple not having to provide…